Amputation versus functional reconstruction in the management of complex hind foot injuries caused by land-mine explosions: A long-term retrospective comparison

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 621-626

  Demiralp, Bahtiyar ^a   Ege, Tolga ^b   Kose, Ozkan ^c   Yurttas, Yuksel ^b   Basbozkurt, Mustafa ^b  

^a ISTANBUL MEDIPOL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c Orthopaedics and Traumatology Clinic   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hind foot; Ilizarov method; Land mine injuries; Open calcaneal fractures; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPLOSION; FOLLOW UP; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT INJURY; FOOT SURGERY; HIND FOOT INJURY; HIND FOOT RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROMA; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; AMPUTATION; ARTHRALGIA; BLAST INJURIES; CALCANEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISABILITY; FOOT INJURIES; HEEL; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LIMB SALVAGE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL FLAPS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTHRALGIA; BLAST INJURIES; CALCANEUS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT INJURIES; HEEL; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; OSTEOPHYTE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899968168     PISSN: 16338065     EISSN: 14321068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-013-1345-4     Document Type: Article

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